Toma is an 8-part miniseries about a folk singer, a bohemian, a gambler, a legend of newly composed folk music, and the most famous and talented figure on the Yugoslav entertainment scene at the time. In the post-Yugoslav era, after the recent wars, his music has continued to unite people and reconcile warring nations; there is no debate surrounding his name and work. He was and remains an untarnished star and a symbol of a time when, as they say, everyone lived well and had fun.
The story begins when an old, respected retired doctor, who recently moved from a huge apartment in the city center to a raft on the Sava River where he lives as a solitary wolf, estranged from people and relatives, sets out for the city to give a lecture to medical students on the topic of medical ethics and the doctor-patient relationship. However, instead of speaking from his own experience and saying a few words about his views and understanding of the problem, he plays music by Toma Zdravković for the students, forcing them to listen to the words the singer sings and the stories he tells. Then begins the story of Tommy and him, the Doctor.
Tom continues to sing and every now and then falls into a hospital bed, and the doctor, fighting for his life, realizes that singing is life for Tom and that banning Tom from singing means death. The two of them are going through the most difficult period of Tommy's illness, and the doctor, from a tough opponent of Tommy's philosophy of life, becomes Tommy's best friend and confidant.
